Promotion Microplasma welding machine Welding system for aircraft engines Longitudinal seam welder Create. Enhance. Sustain. SBI develops technical solutions for future requirements. Consistent innovation work, the best customer support, and top quality ensure their clients’ satisfaction around the world. JUNE 2016 69 © SBI SBI Produktion techn. Anlagen GmbH & Co KG was founded in 1999 with the goal to market innovative and effi cient thickness control systems for the production of plastic foils. Only one year later, the fi rst system was already successfully sold to a major Austrian company – that was the starting point of a consistently growing business unit. By now, SBI’s thickness control devices and control systems are used around the world and are bought by OEMs as original machine equipment as well as by foil manufacturers to upgrade existing production systems. Ahead of its time: Pioneering achievement in rapid prototyping The year 2000 marked the launch of yet another key area for SBI – plasma-welding technology. The initial idea was to develop a suitable process for rapid prototyping of plastic tools, a process that is now commonly known as 3D printing, before SBI discovered plasma technology. An additional use emerged after numerous test series – using the focused plasma beam to spot-weld sheet metal. This was the starting point for further product development and the fi rst spotwelding system was already sold in 2001. SBI encountered wire-controlled generative manufacturing (formerly known as rapid prototyping) once again by accident almost ten years later. A European start-up company contacted SBI to optimise its plasma processes and make them more competitive. SBI then developed a special plasma process that quintuples previous process performances and has meanwhile been certifi ed by Boeing as well. After years of development work, this process is now close to series production. Product range for maximum customer benefi ts Over time, SBI switched from apparatus engineering to system and mechanical engineering. SBI always makes sure that the entire knowhow for the complete product range comes from a single source. This means that SBI provides all engineering services: apparatus engineering as well as developments in electrical engineering, software and electronics development. The goal is to achieve maximum customer benefi ts. Innovations can be used in several different product segments simultaneously due to the product portfolio’s vast range. The product range is divided into serial devices such as plasma and TIG power sources, longitudinal seam welding systems for pipeline and container construction as well as a wide range of customised solutions for various high-tech welding applications. Among SBI’s customers are renowned companies of the automotive, oil, and gas industry. The company’s core business focuses on the aerospace sector. SBI’s strengths for all of these tasks are the combination of welding technology with excellent automation technology as well as outstanding analysis and documentation tools. QUERIES & CONTACT SBI Produktion techn. Anlagen GmbH & Co KG 2020 Hollabrunn • Kaplanstrasse 12 Phone: +43/2952/34139-0 offi ce@sbi.at www.sbi.at
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